A Prayer for General Synod Blog Post

…1660. She earned her M.Div. and D.Min. from New Brunswick Theological Seminary. She is the founder of the PUSH (Pray Until Something Happens) movement and is the founder of Harlem’s African Burial Ground Task Force, through whose work the City of New York is now planning to establish a memorial site, cultural museum, and affordable housing site in that area….

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Synod Celebrates New Churches Blog Post

On Friday afternoon, General Synod delegates celebrated the work of church multiplication within the RCA, including 16 multi-site plants that have been started over the last eight years. (A multi-site plant is started by a congregation that adds a new campus to expand its ministry.) RCA coordinator for Church Multiplication Tim Vink and church planters from several regional synods shared…

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Simple Church Blog Post

…Grace Ann Arbor celebrated five years since its rebirth. The church now has three full-time and four part-time staff. Approved last year, a merger with another RCA church—the former Cross Winds Community Church in nearby Canton, Michigan—gives Grace a second campus. It’s called Grace Canton, and Jon Beyer has transitioned from lead pastor to campus pastor. The Ann Arbor site

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RCA International Church Planting Update Blog Post

…networks in their native countries. For example, Classis de las Naciones recently organized their 16th congregation (their first “from scratch” plant) in Sarasota, Florida! This new congregation is part of Vida de Reino, a multi-site church planted by Rev. Fredy Guitierrez. Vida de Reino also has campuses in Colombia and Guatemala, with new campuses coming in Mexico and Venice, Florida….

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RCA Grieves Death of Fifth-Generation Missionary Lew Scudder Blog Post

…missionaries in Lebanon, Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey, and Cyprus from 1966 until their retirement in 2008. He served in various capacities in the Middle East, including director of the communication office for the Middle East Council of Churches, and mission consultant and educator for the RCA. Lew was the fifth generation within the Scudder family to serve as an RCA missionary….

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RCA welcomes Jim Harrison as coordinator for prayer mobilization Blog Post

…Michigan, for five years before beginning work in the global mission field. He has served with RCA Global Mission for 25 years as a missionary in Estonia and, most recently, in Bahrain. “One of Jim’s biggest priorities in every place he has served is to use his teaching gifts to train and equip people for dynamic intercessory prayer,” says Alemán….

Global Mission Comes Full Circle Blog Post

…of West Kenya, in the mission hospitals in Bahrain, in the faces of lepers receiving God’s Word for the first time in their heart languages in India. And now I see that prophecy being fulfilled in my own life.” Sundararajan also issued an invitation to Mission 2020, January 16–18, 2020, in Orlando, Florida. Mission 2020 is a celebration of 377…

General Synod Commissions Page

…met, and business was conducted on site during the meeting. Not long after, committees were appointed to study business and report to General Synod at a later date. Present commissions have their roots in a variety of different committees, but by the early 1960s, the present commission style of organization was in place. Serving on a Commission RCA members are…

Distributions After a Divorce Page

…Center Website is fast and simple to use By creating an account, Plan sponsors, participants, alternate payees, and respective counsel can easily access the site Smart way of creating a court-ready domestic relations order to avoid costly attorney legal fees Access and print the Plan’s QDRO Guidelines directly from the website Access and print the Plan’s QDRO Guidelines directly from…